smaynard123's Q&A profile

• Windows Forms expandable property in property window

  hi, i generate a user control and i could add into toolbox. i added some new properties to the user control. but i want that these properties can be expandable into property browser.  for example:  "size" property of any form control has&n ...Show All

• Visual Basic Add connection wizard fails with Access database

  I have the RTM version installed. I am quite puzzled at this wizard. It works fine with SqlClient. But for Access databases, this wizard completely fails. In this wizard, I only have one option to do - setting the ConnectionString. I set it to Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=D:\path\abc.mdb, which works fine in my code. But when I click OK, it complains: --------------------------- Microsoft Visual Studio --------------------------- ...Show All

• Visual Studio Online help doesn't work

  Hi, I'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (version 8.0.50215.44, Beta 2.050215-4400) and I'm having trouble accessing online help - it seems as though the "Microsoft Document Explorer" can't see the Internet. When I press F1 to see the reference on some C# keyword, for example, I get the error show in ms-help://MS.VSCC.v80/dv_commoner/html/1702ec84-76f9-4a82-9043-9ab8acb8aa5e.htm which is "The information you are trying to access could not b ...Show All

• .NET Development Which type of Database to choose

  Hi I am currently using an access database with the oledb data connection (in Visual basic 2005) I would like to use a database that is a little bit faster and can be a biger than the 2 GB in size but still very easy to use.. I have tried SQL server express but this seemed to advanced for me, i couldn't get any connection at all. Just various errors.. Access was therefore better!! I dont want to use oracle or sql server cause they ar ...Show All

• Windows Forms XP visual style compatible Tab Control

  I've seen a dozen, often complicated, solutions to this problem, but I really hope the Tab Control will be able to display using XP Visual Styles in the next VS.NET release It's pretty annoying to have a great-looking interface everywhere but in the Preferences dialog.. :-) Have you ever tried enabling the XP Visual Style suport in your app That should render the Tab Control in XP style. ...Show All

• Visual C++ What control can I use to let specify directory path???

  Hi, I am now writing MFC program in VS .Net 2003. I like to have include a control by that user can specify any folder(directory) where a collection of their files are stored. Any idea what control will work for me Thanks, vcboy Thank you for your answer, but I tried with the following codes: char LocBuffer [MAX_PATH]; BROWSEINFO browseFolder; browseFolder.hwndOwner=theApp ...Show All

• Visual Basic Detecting External IP Address

  Hi, How can I detect the External IP Address of machine which is running my Application. By External IP address means that IP Address through which PC running my Application is accessible through Internet. and not the local IP Address Thanks Hi, Thanks "plenderj" I got your point..Though I doesn't love the idea to be dependent on external resource for this. But it seems the only answer. Thanks Vikarm for your attempt...I am not making ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to uninstall SQL Server Express 2005 Tools

  I get an error message when trying to uninstall the SQL Server Express 2005 Tools.  It reports, The setup has encountered an unexpected exception in datastore.  The action is Write_CommitFlag.  The error is: Unable to write property into cache: flagCommit. XmlRW Error: Failure loading XmlRW.dll CheckAllProcedures() It is currently preventing me from installing the full Sept CPT because it needs to have the express compo ...Show All

• .NET Development Serial Port ?bug?

  I am not sure if this is a bug or something mishandled, but here is my problem: I have the framework2 using IO.Ports in C# VS2k5 It seems that any byte sent from my device to the PC larger then 4 bits gets turned into a decimal 63(or a hex 3F, " ") i have no idea why its doing this, or how to go about fixing this... any thoughts Hello. BaudRate mismatch You need to match the settings on your to end points. Thi ...Show All

• SQL Server Connect to object explorer but cannot connect to Integration services.

  I try to import my SSIS packages which are created using the Business Intelligent studio into SQL server 2005 but I cannot do that. I am running SQL server 2005 enterprise edition. Also when i tried to connect to Integration services using Object explorer, it only prompt me for server name. I cannot change the username and password which is disabled. Then how am i supposed to connect to Integration services on a server in this case ...Show All

• Visual Basic intranet chat application model needed (no centralized server or webservices or .net remoting => peer-to-peer chat)

  I am confused with using sockets or .NET remoting to build an intranet application with about 200 computers. Please describe the advantages and disadvantages of each system and which best fits this scenario. Hi, thanks for the all the information, tips and help on network programming. Honestly I was not a fan of networking applications but while trying to create a simple chat application, I had a serious problem on building the communica ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista LoadLibrary (regsvr32) fails without Visual Studio 2005

  I've just upgraded from Visual Studio 6 to Visual Studio 2005. I've got the latest DirectShow stuff (in the platform SDK) and am using it. Everything builds and runs fine on my development machine (which has Visual Studio 2005 installed) but when I try: "regsvr32 "myfilter.ax" on a different machine (without Visual Studio 2005, both machines are WinXP Pro and up to date AFAIK), I get the error: LoadLibrary ("myfilter.ax") failed - ...Show All

• Visual C# Use C++ Classes in C#

  Hello... I have some visual c++ classes and want to use them in my c# project Is it possible to include those classes I don't want to make a .dll. I want to use some objects and methods of my c++ classes directly in c#. Is there a possibility --Jacqui Hello, I am having the same issue. I have a very large c++ codebase that is NOT win32. It is just C++ and using the STL. I want to put a C# fro ...Show All

• Visual Studio Document Explorer Crash Bucket 232224388

  Attempting to use search tab in help for Visual Basic 2005 I get the "Microsoft Document Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close" error. Information from event log: Event Type: Information Event Source: Microsoft Document Explorer Event Category: None Event ID: 1001 Date: 4/23/2006 Time: 5:11:52 PM User: N/A Computer: AMDTOWER Description: Bucket 232224388, bucket table 1, faulting application dexplore.exe, version ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Pre/Post Operation Invokation Extensibility

  I am looking for a way to set up some state in thread local storage immediately before operations are invoked and then to clean it up immediately after they have completed. (i.e. the pre/post operation code must run on the thread used to service the request). What would be the best way to do this Thanks. Frank, The IOperationBehavior and IOperationInvoker interfaces will do it for you. The followin ...Show All